Steven Soderbergh (Steven Andrew Soderbergh) Quotes
I'm always a little unnerved when I see a show that's set in the past that implies in any way that things were nicer then.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.
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Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'
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Nobody wants to be against technology, but I think that regulators should not - and people should not - assume that faster is always better in markets.
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I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.
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But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.
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I felt like the world of baseball in 1919 was much closer to what A-ball would be now - guys riding buses, there's no training staff, and there's a lot of paranoia.
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Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.
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The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink.
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I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.
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While 'Outlander' is a brilliant period show, Claire represents so many qualities of a 10th century modern-day woman: someone who is forging her own path, fighting for what she believes, and doing so with integrity.
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I actually wanted to be a tennis player.
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If we are truly disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, we will reach out with love and understanding to all of our neighbors at all times.
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A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.
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The story in the show is he puts out this song that he does in his bedroom and then songwriters swoop in and take control, and the label comes in and takes control. It is a funny element of the background people trying to capitalize, so when it comes to references so we wanted to go to extremes.
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The focus of Congress is on keeping the nation secure - and it doesn't see that food security is an essential part of that responsibility. Instead of putting more food on the tables of America, they are busy finding ways to take it away.
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One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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You must never underestimate the power of your righteous influence.
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I'm always a little unnerved when I see a show that's set in the past that implies in any way that things were nicer then.
